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Part of the nostalgic quality of Boards of Canada's music come from their extensive sampling of 70's and 80's era children television programs. One commonly sampled program is the US program Sesame Street, created by the Children's Television Workshop.

Samples[edit]

Episode 2852 (1991)[edit]

• "Different Mes": A boy explains how has many different mes for all his different emotions.
  • "Bye-bye-bye-bye" (Sunshine Recorder)
  • "I feel proud" speech" (Whitewater)
  • Reversed speech (Sixtyten)
• A drawing of a man is shown with a variety of different types of legs, which rotate like a slot machine. For each pair of legs, off-screen children voice their disapproval until the matching legs are finally shown.
  • "Yeah, that's right" (Aquarius)
• "O for Orange" by Bruce Cayard: A colorless man sucks the hue out of an orange.
  • "Orange!" (Aquarius)
• "Alphaquest: S": A girl investigates the letter S in her 'Alphaquest'.
  • "We'll sail to the stars" (Aquarius)
  • "Alphaquest" theme (Roygbiv (Alphaquest mix)) - title music from a recurring segment, Alphaquest
• Valentine - I Love You
  • "I love you" (The Color of the Fire)
  • The laugh at the end of the "I love you" sample is also in Niagara, Track 9 of Boc Maxima.

Episode 2951 (1992) / 3174 (1994)[edit]

• Wanda the Word Fairy visits
  • A group of kids, along with Big Bird, Snuffleupagus and the Word Fairy, say "Fly!" (On A Rolling Sea, Orange Romeda)
  • Glissando sting, then the Word Fairy laughing (Iraq Says)

External links[edit]

• Episode 2852 article at Muppet Wiki
• Episode 2951 article at Muppet Wiki
• Sesame Street article at Wikipedia
• Sesame Street article at Muppet Wiki
• Official site hosted by PBS